觀點新型冠狀病毒

Boris Johnson’s illness has made him more powerful
強森因染病逆轉政治危機


施裏姆斯利:新冠危機原本可能毀掉英國首相的政治前途,但他的重病卻強化了他與民衆的紐帶,爲他補充了政治資本。

A strange thing happened last week. An awful lot of British voters discovered they were much more attached to Boris Johnson than they realised. Since Brexit, the UK prime minister has been a divisive figure, but his struggle with Covid-19 left all but his most partisan foes shocked, scared and desperate for news of recovery. One ex-cabinet colleague observed: “It reminded people of why they liked him when he was mayor of London.”

上週發生了一件怪事。有非常多的英國選民發現,他們比自己意識到的更喜愛英國首相鮑里斯•強森(Boris Johnson)。自英國退歐後,強森成爲了一個爭議性人物,但是除了他最頑固的敵人以外,他與病魔——新型冠狀病毒肺炎(COVID-19,即2019冠狀病毒病)的搏鬥,讓所有人感到震驚、恐懼,並急迫地等待他康復的訊息。一名前內閣同事評論道:「這讓人們回想起,在他還是倫敦市長的時候,他們爲什麼喜歡他。」

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